Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 850 - 900 steers were 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.38/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$382.38

21 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.27

vs NE average

+12.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	382.38	2,139	21

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

382.38

—

NE average3 barns · 144 hd

402.65

−20.27

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

+12.80

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

11 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,741	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,377	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,446	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,108	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	297.28/cwt	297.00–297.50	2,295	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,089	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,608	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,303	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,005	11

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Jun 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 680Last week 771Year ago 655

Compared to two weeks ago 850 - 900 steers were 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	595	363.00	363.00
40	650–700	653	364.00	364.00
22	700–750	728	336.00	336.00
395	850–900	873	314.00	314.00
6	900–950	944	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	557	360.00	360.00
48	600–650	637	328.00	328.00
88	750–800	772	297.00–297.50	297.28
16	900–950	921	250.00	250.00
19	1050–1100	1,060	246.00	246.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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